Site Welfare and Cleaning Officer
Matthew Arnold School, Oxford, Oxfordshire, OX2 9JE14 days remaining to apply
Start date details
ASAP
Closing date
19 January 2025 at 12pm (midday)
Date listed
1 January 2025
Job details
Job role
- Catering, cleaning and site management
Visa sponsorship
- Visas cannot be sponsored
Working pattern
- Part time
Contract type
- Permanent
Full-time equivalent salary
- £15,983.00 - £19,481.00 Annually (Actual) Matthew Arnold School reserves the right to interview applicants early and close the advert prior to closing date, therefore please apply as soon as possible.
Site Welfare and Cleaning Officer job summary
Role: Site Welfare and Cleaning Officer
Salary: £15,983 – 19,481 (FTE £23,656 – £24,027)
Grade: Grade 3
Benefits: Generous pension allowance, free parking
Hours per Week: 25-30 hours , working times to be confirmed
Contract: Permanent, Term time only including 5 INSET days (39 weeks per year) or 52 weeks per year
Reporting to: Assistant Business Manager
The Organisation
Matthew Arnold is a thriving community school on the outskirts of Oxford looking to appoint a School Counsellor. Matthew Arnold is an oversubscribed inclusive 11-18 school of over 1,300 pupils that serves a mix of urban and rural communities across the west side of Oxford. The school prides itself on being a high achieving school with increasing rates of progress for our disadvantaged students. This has been achieved by focusing on improving outcomes for every student and continuing staff development.
The Role
You will support the school’s estate through cleaning, portering. Events set up and compliance with health and safety standards.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Collect and assemble waste, clean toilets/staff areas, and refill consumables
- Remove graffiti, litter-pick, and clean external pathways, including gritting in winter
- Perform maintenance duties, site inspections, and address repair needs
- Organise equipment/supplies and set up school events
- Maintain cleanliness, audit classrooms, and assist with risk assessments
- Promote health & safety for staff, students, and visitors
- Provide portering support (e.g., mail delivery, furniture moves)
- Respond to maintenance tickets and comply with all policies and procedures
Requirements
- Self-motivated with the ability to work independently or in a team.
- Knowledge of health & safety, COSHH, and hygiene procedures.
- Relevant cleaning experience (school or professional setting).
- First Aid trained (or willingness to train).
- Clean driving license.
- Customer-focused, professional demeanour.
How to apply:
Please complete the application form on My New Term. If you have any further questions please contact Jeremiah at hrwest@acertrust.org.uk.
Commitment to safeguarding
Our organisation is committed to safeguarding and promoting the welfare of children, young people and vulnerable adults. We expect all staff, volunteers and trustees to share this commitment.
Our recruitment process follows the keeping children safe in education guidance.
Offers of employment may be subject to the following checks (where relevant):
childcare disqualification
Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS)
medical
online and social media
prohibition from teaching
right to work
satisfactory references
suitability to work with children
You must tell us about any unspent conviction, cautions, reprimands or warnings under the Rehabilitation of Offenders Act 1974 (Exceptions) Order 1975.
Applying for the job
This school accepts applications through their own website, where you may also find more information about this job.
CVs are not accepted.
About Matthew Arnold School
- School type
- Academy, ages 11 to 18
- Education phase
- Secondary
- School size
- 1285 pupils enrolled
- Age range
- 11 to 18
- Ofsted report
- View Ofsted report (opens in new tab)
- School website
- Matthew Arnold School website (opens in new tab)
Matthew Arnold is a popular and successful school on the edge of Oxford with an excellent local reputation. We are focussed on improving outcomes for every student and are committed to staff development to support this.
The school is part of the Acer Trust family of schools so there is opportunity to share expertise and experiences and enjoy professional development with more than one school. Our induction programmes give strong support to NQTs.
We offer defined-benefit public sector pension schemes (Teachers Pension, Local Government Pension Scheme), a 24-hour Employee Assistance Programme, good bus links, car and cycle parking.
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